Man checks weeks-old Powerball ticket, discovers it's worth $136 million

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last updated 15 June 2015

One Staten Island man just got the surprise of a lifetime — and it's all because his truck broke down.

Anthony Perosi, a 56-year-old plumber, was trying to come up with a way to finance his truck repairs when he remembered leaving a Powerball ticket in his basement. The ticket stayed untouched for six weeks, but Perosi hadn't thought much of it — he played the same five numbers twice a week for years. A friend told Perosi someone had won the March 14 Powerball, so he never checked his ticket from the drawing.